The Shrimps and other media were kindly invited to the lovely town of Utrecht in the Netherlands last week for the Asus Tech Conference. Head of Marketing and sales mister Wu Josh was present to present the latest two creations from Asus : the Crosshair 4 Extreme and the Rampage Gene III. Later on Milan Rado went a bit deeper regarding the high end Asus VGA cards. This is gonna be a quick preview of the two boards and the already leaked ROG Expander for the Rampage III Extreme.

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards,
graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions will showcase their latest
range of innovative motherboards featuring GIGABYTE’s 24-phase power VRM design
and Smart 6 technologies at Computex 2009. Also on offer will be a sneak peek at
various motherboard models featuring the highly anticipated Intel® P55 chipset
series, as well as the GA-MA785G-UD3H based on the exciting AMD 785G chipset.

The first of its kind, GIGABYTE’s proprietary 24-phase power VRM is designed
to enhance efficiency of power delivery to the CPU while reducing heat
essentially by spreading the workload over the 24 power phases. Other key
features of the VRM include the use of only the highest caliber components to
provide the most reliable and durable high-performance motherboards. The new
technologies that are being unveiled are not only limited to hardware; GIGABYTE
will also introduce smarter computing with its Smart 6 Technologies that have
been designed with user-friendliness in mind. They include SMART QuickBoot,
SMART Recorder, SMART TimeLock, SMART Recovery, SMART QuickBoost and SMART
DualBIOS for easier, smarter PC system management.

Intel Platform

GIGABYTE will display live demos of the flagship X58 chipset-based
GA-EX58A-EXTREME motherboard and the upcoming Intel P55 chipset-based
GA-EP55-UD5 motherboard. Both motherboards feature the revolutionary 24 phase
power VRM design that enable unadulterated power delivery to the system for
unparalleled overclocking ability combined with the lowest possible temperatures
for enhanced stability. They also support next generation SATA at 6Gbps to
deliver twice the data transfer rate of current SATA motherboards. Also on
display will be GIGABYTE’s industry-leading Smart TPM that allows users to lock
the TPM protected content remotely using a Bluetooth® enabled mobile phone.

AMD Platform

On the AMD side, GIGABYTE presents the GA-MA790FXT-UD5P - the highest
performing AMD Dragon Platform motherboard for next generation AMD AM3 Phenom™
II processors that deliver definitive high performance computing for work, home
and gaming. The new GIGABYTE flagship motherboard for the AMD platform supports
45nm AMD Phenom™ II processors featuring HyperTransport 3.0 technology. Other
noteworthy features include high-performance DDR3 support that allows the
GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P to reach memory speeds of up to 1666+MHz (OC) for
blazingly fast memory access during the latest applications and games.

Also on showcase will be the GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H that offers stunning
DirectX 10.1 gaming and fluid computing with ATI Stream technology. The GIGABYTE
GA-MA785G-UD3H features the latest AMD 785G chipset with ATI RADEON HD 4200
graphics and is AMD’s Mainstream Desktop solution for Microsoft Windows® 7.

GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand
in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every
country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team
and has since taken the lead in the world's motherboard market. On top of
motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product
portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment
appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices,
servicing every facet of people's lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE
aims to “Upgrade Your Life” with the most innovative designs and impeccable
quality and services. Visit www.gigabyte.com.tw for more
information.